Office Professionalization & Modernization RFA

ILS announces the availability of funds and is soliciting applications from New York State counties and New York City (“counties”) for professionalizing and modernizing the offices of providers of County Law Article 18-B mandated Family Court representation and/or criminaldefense representation (“public defense providers”). This funding, approved in the Indigent Legal Services Board’s June 2025 allocation plan, is intended to supplement other sources of ILS and county funding to initiate or expand projects to professionalize and modernize public defense provider offices in a manner that will enhance the quality of representation clients receive from public defense providers. Business enterprises awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: None